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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-and-licensing-scotland-act-2010/section-140A",
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  "legislation": "asp/2010/13",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-and-licensing-scotland-act-2010",
  "path": "section/140A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "140A",
  "heading": "Sections 140B to 140F: interpretation",
  "text": "In sections 140B to 140F—\n“ 2011 Act ” means the Double Jeopardy (Scotland) Act 2011 (asp 16),\n“ 2011 Act proceedings ” means—\n(a)an application under section 2(2), section 3(3)(b) or section 4(3)(b) of the 2011 Act to set aside a person's acquittal and grant authority for a new prosecution,\n(b)an application under subsection (3) of section 11 of that Act to charge a person as mentioned in subsection (2) of that section,\n(c)an application under subsection (3) of section 12 of that Act to charge, and prosecute anew, a person as mentioned in subsection (2) of that section,\n“ respondent ” means the person to whom the 2011 Act proceedings relate.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 140A-140F and cross-headings inserted (28.11.2011) by Double Jeopardy (Scotland) Act 2011 (asp 16), ss. 13(2), 17(3); S.S.I. 2011/365, art. 3 (with arts. 4, 5)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2010/13/section/140A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:15:22.831430+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}